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2208546 - Creating attachments from within the Admin UI

Symptom

Administrators would like to know how to use attachments on the admin side of their LMS.

Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Learning - All Supported Versions

Resolution

From the Admin tab of the LMS system, administators can perform the following steps to enable and use attachments in their LMS:

To enable configuration for attachments:

  1. Access the Configuration link in the left navigation panel of the Admin UI.  
  2. Navigate to System Configuration > ATTACHMENT.
  3. Click on the edit icon.

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  1. Check that the configurations #Enable/disable attachments for these entities are set to true for the specified entitity.

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  1. Click on "Apply Changes".

 

To attach a file:

  1. Access the Learning Event Editor by searching on the power search bar, or by navigating to Users > Tools > Learning Event Editor
  2. Search for the learning event that you would like to add an attachment to.

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  1. Once found, click the edit icon for the specified learning event.
  2. On the Edit Summary page for the specified learning event, click the link for File Attachments.

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  1. Browse for a file to attach to the record.
  2. Enter a unique description for the attachment.  *Descriptions cannot be modified once uploaded!*
  3. Click the "Upload" button.
  4. Click "Apply Changes" to save the attachment to the specified learning event.

Additional Tips on Attachments:

  • You can attach any file type that is supported and is smaller than the maximum limit for each attachment, as defined by an administrator in the ATTACHMENT configuration ID.
  • Users can access attached files in the user interface by reviewing the completed work details of the recorded item.
  • Administrators can access attached files in SuccessFactors Learning Administration in the Learning History of a user record.

Keywords

kac, kal, attaching, review_documents, learning_item_history, learning_external_history, config, allowed , KBA , lmsadminui , LOD-SF-LMS-ADM , System Admin, Global Variables, References , LOD-SF-LMS-COR , LMS Core - Items, Catalog, Curricula , How To

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Learning all versions